Joseph Journell thought he was doing the wholesome thing when he fed raw, unpasteurized milk to his cats. Journell also drank the raw milk, thinking it provided benefits that pasteurized milk did not have.
After two of his pets died in late 2024 and a third became seriously ill he
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While raw milk consumption is an elusive figure, it’s generally accepted that it is both more popular and more risky today than at any time in the past several decades.
It’s not just the usual threats like E. coli 0157:H7 and campylobacter but the new threat from the H5N1 avian
Continue Reading Danger is not keeping raw milk’s popularity down
Drinking raw milk — even from a certified dairy — puts you at risk for intestinal foodborne diseases, among them E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria. Not only that, diverting contaminated milk to raw cheese production is not necessarily safe.
That’s the warning from a team of public health scientists from
Continue Reading Study reveals that drinking raw milk can be a gamble
Raw milk produced and packaged by Valley Milk Simply Bottled of Stanislaus County, CA, is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The recall order came following the detection of the Influenza-A H5N1, also known as bird flu, virus in samples
Continue Reading Second California raw milk producer ordered to recall product because of bird flu contamination
County officials in California are urging the public to not consume unpasteurized, raw milk because it may have caused a bird flu infection in a child.
Marin County Public Health is reporting a suspected case of bird flu in a child who experienced fever and vomiting after drinking raw milk.
Continue Reading Officials in California say child may have become sick with bird flu from raw milk
More than 165 people, mostly children, have been sickened so far by raw milk products from Raw Farm LLC.
In reports obtained by Food Safety News from the California Division of Communicable Disease Control and the California Department of Health, the Salmonella outbreak has sickened 165 people across four states.
Continue Reading More than 165 infected with Salmonella in raw milk outbreak
The FDA and CDC continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to unpasteurized, raw milk cheese from RAW FARM LLC, formerly known as Organic Pasteurs.
As this investigation continues, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend that people
Continue Reading RAW FARM lifts recall of unpasteurized cheese despite ongoing E. coli outbreak
Nine people have been sickened, and three have been admitted to hospitals after drinking raw milk and becoming infected by Salmonella.
Health officials from the County of San Diego have linked the nine patients to unpasteurized milk sold by Raw Farm LLC in Fresno. The County of San Diego Health
Continue Reading Investigators find Salmonella patients drank raw milk before becoming ill
Raw cheddar cheese produced and packaged by Raw Farm LLC of Fresno County, CA, is the subject of a new statewide recall and quarantine order by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones.
The order applies to “Raw Farm Cheddar” packaged in one-pound blocks with a code date marked on
Continue Reading Raw Farm Cheddar recall was imposed just one week after a federal court order
U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston for Eastern California has signed a Consent Decree agreed upon by attorneys for the United States and Organic Pastures and Mark McAfee.
It continues the 15-year-old jurisdiction of the Eastern District Court over the civil matter involving the concern over RAW FARM LLC, Organic
Continue Reading Organic Pasture’s owner accepts consent decree in 15-year-old raw milk case